Na"vel (?), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle, Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. , Skr. nbhila. 260. See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril, Umbilical.]
1. Anat.
A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.
<-- called also belly button in humans -->
2.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
Within the navel of this hideous wood,
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
Milton.
3. Gun.
An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
Navel gall, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. Johnson. -- Navel point. Her. Same as Nombril.
© Webster 1913.